Telling It Like It Is,
October 2025 update:
The Alliance of Age Sector NGOs is a collective of eight leading organisations working to improve the lives of older people in Ireland. Members include Active Retirement Ireland, Age & Opportunity, ALONE, COPE Galway, the Irish Hospice Foundation, the Irish Senior Citizens Parliament, The Alzheimer Society of Ireland, and Third Age.
In October 2025, the Alliance launched the third report in its Telling It Like It Is series – Experiences of Older People at End of Life 2025 [link to final report]. This publication draws on findings from the National End of Life Survey and other research to highlight the experiences, needs, and priorities of older people and their families as they face death and bereavement.
Read the report:
Download the Telling It Like It Is series – Experiences of Older People at End of Life 2025
Download the Telling It Like It Is series – summary document Experiences of Older People at End of Life 2025
January 2023 update:
The Alliance of Age Sector NGOs (AASNGO, the Alliance) launches its 2023 Report, ‘Telling It Like It Is; Combatting Ageism,’ which sets out why Ireland needs to take ageism seriously and take meaningful action to counteract it. The report highlights the nature and impact of ageism in Ireland and offers several evidence-informed strategies to reduce it. The report includes nine actions that, when implemented, will reduce the stigma and ill effects associated with ageing. The most pressing of these actions is the appointment of an Independent Commissioner for Ageing and Older People – similar to that in Northern Ireland and Wales.
Read the report:
Download the 'Telling It Like It Is; Combatting Ageism' report (January 2023) [pdf, 7MB]
Download the 'Telling it Like It Is; Combatting Ageism' executive summary (January2023) [pdf, 5MB]
The Alliance of Age Sector NGOs (AASNGO, the Alliance) is a collective of seven important NGOs working in the age sector, including The Alzheimer Society of Ireland. The Alliance aims to effect positive change for older people by uniting our learning from working with the diversity of older people and the issues that they face.
The member organisations include: Active Retirement Ireland, Age & Opportunity, ALONE, COPE Galway, Irish Hospice Foundation, Irish Senior Citizens Parliament, The Alzheimer Society of Ireland, and Third Age.
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